Monday, September 8, 2014

The Gifted (Movie Review) – Watch it!

I cringe whenever it’s a Tagalog made film. There’s always
this feel of poor quality and a movie that was only created just to
raise money. Nasosobrahan sa kakornihan pero kinakagat ng masa.
And they become what they watch too. Nonetheless, my little
sister really likes Tagalog comedy because she can easily understand
the jokes.

I tried watching Filipino-made movies through computer, and there
seems like a lacking push to give our movie an unforgettable impact.
These are very evident with love stories that makes me hesitate to
watch it in sinehan. A badly made film will make me less
interested and uninspired to watch another story.

That’s why I chose to watch this first than the “If I stay”
movie. It’s like “Well, I have no other choice” as this is one
of the few entertainment you can have in our province. That could be
my first time to watch a Filipino movie in a big screen and well I
am impressed. Though I really don’t have a lot of
experience in criticizing Filipino movies and I get easily distracted
than reading a story from a book.

Here are some of my observations:

The nun.Mga bata huwag gayahin.

Cinematography. The kind of big screen used could also
be a factor why I enjoyed watching it. No blurriness. The choice of
places are good especially the sea and the reunion.

Prosthetics. There’s a part where the pimples of
Christine Reyes doesn’t look real at all, but that’s fine. Making
it real will be too gross. On the other hand, the fake cheeks of the
child counterpart of Anne Curtis is obvious. Speaking of Anne, she
looks amazing with her fat figure, as if she was a totally different
person. The smooth transition is nice and you can separate the
character of Zooey from Anne, Zooey is zooey while Anne is Anne.

Comedy. Watch it and find out what makes people laugh.
Some can’t even keep themselves from laughing loudly.

Friendship. The story is fine but can be a lot finer if
they made the reconciliation extraordinary and quite moving. It would
be nice if there’s a moral lesson about friendship. It’s almost a
common cliché but expect some mild twist.

Acting. The 3 leading artists did well. There is no
heavy drama only mild crying scenes which is effective especially on
Christine Reyes’ part. The part where they made fun of Christine
Reyes in the reunion is exaggerated; people in real life will not do
that. Unless a crowd of immature people exists. The fight in the pool
doesn’t have enough force to make it believable, perhaps that’s
there way of making it child friendly. For me though, it’s more of
teenager friendly than for children. Love story for children? Better
choose cartoons.

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